I always liked "numstar" to, presumably mean num* when referring to
numeric or numarray, much like "numerix" did. Maybe numstar is
unencumbered? It really gives a little marketing-friendly element to
our name.
Travis Oliphant wrote:
>>Gary Ruben writes:
>>>>>>>I don't know what trademark problems they're referring to, but you might
>>>have to continue looking for a different name.
>>>>>>>>This may be what they're talking about:
>>>>http://www.numerix-dsp.com>>>>>>>>>>>>>>***Bad News***
>>Well, I did a search on the U.S. Trademark database and it looks like
>they have trademarked the word Numerix. Here is the result of that search.
>*
>Typed Drawing*
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>*Word Mark* *NUMERIX*
>*Goods and Services* IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: computer
>software for pricing, valuing, and managing risk of financial
>instruments, derivatives, investment securities, and portfolios
>therefor, and instructional manuals sold as a unit therewith. FIRST USE:
>19970912. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19971224
>*Mark Drawing Code* (1) TYPED DRAWING
>*Design Search Code*
>*Serial Number* 75092619
>*Filing Date* April 18, 1996
>*Current Filing Basis* 1A
>*Original Filing Basis* 1B
>*Published for Opposition* July 29, 1997
>*Registration Number* 2302369
>*Registration Date* December 21, 1999
>*Owner* (REGISTRANT) Numerix LLC LTD LIAB CO DELAWARE 67 East Cedar
>Chicago ILLINOIS 60611
>*Attorney of Record* Randall M. Whitmeyer
>*Type of Mark* TRADEMARK
>*Register* PRINCIPAL
>*Live/Dead Indicator* LIVE
>>>>I'm afraid this is a deal-breaker as our library could be used in this
>kind of computation, I'm very concerned that in the future, this company
>may decide to try and enforce their trademark which would be a lot of
>upheaval. Should I be concerned? I also noticed that lots of people
>have trademarked the PYTHON word.
>>How much should I care about this?
>>By the way, neither psipi or scicore have trademark problems.
>>Also numerics (VISUAL NUMERICS is a trademark) and numeriks could be used.
>>Please help...
>>---Travis
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